theForest O-wnerA PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION

Biggest Hornbeam?Al Roberts claims world

record status for his large shad-bush (Amelanchier arborea)and runner-up status for hishophornbeam (Ostrya virgi-niana). Being recorder keeperfor DEC's big tree program, Iwas prompted to add to thediscussion.

There are larger shadbush inNew York, at least diameter-wise. We have record of twotrees in Delaware County withdiameters of 27 inches and 23.5inches. But Mr. Roberts mayhave the largest hophornbeamin New York. While the cir-cumference of his tree is threeinches less than the currentchampion (7 ft. 6 in. vs. 7 ft. 3in.), points are also awardedfor height and average crownspread. If Mr. Robert'shophornbeam is taller than 76feet tall and wider than anaverage of 50 foot crownspread, he can lay claim to thechampionship.

By the way, my wife and Ihave finally realized one of ourdreams and are brand newforest owners. As one. of ourfirst steps, we have applied formembership in your fineorganization.

-Tom WolfeSenior ForesterN.Y. Dept. ofEnvironmentalConservation

Advice WantedI have 200 acres of woods,

mostly hardwood, as part ofthe farm. The state forester ad-vised me from time to time andthe boys picked up a few bucks

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Science may have found away to take the creosote risk outof burning firewood. Read aboutthe catalytic combuster on page4.

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letters posted &

IN THE MAl LBOXpassed along.

while in high SChool doingsome thinning. On another sec-tion I put in 7,000 locust andJapanese larch, having beenadvised by the ConservationDepartment that they could besold for fence posts. No onearound here seems to wantthem, though.

There is now only oneforester left with desk space inBath, and he is responsible forfour or five counties, so he isno longer available. Thirtyyears ago there were six plusthree Cornell interns.Iwould appreciate any infor-

mation you might have.-Ruth White

R.D.1Branchport, N. Y.

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NEWMEMBERS

Jesse RossSouth Glens Falls, NY

Donald F. AmesNaples, Florida

James F. SearsCortland, New York

Kathryn WhitehorneCayuga, New York

Richard KrobothVestal, New York

Ponder This"Perhaps a small percentage

of you members have nothoughts to share with a friendor neighbor about the joys andestheticism of owning awoodland. But I am betting alarge percentage of you do.Don't give them an applicationfor membership in the ForestOwners Association. Just sendtheir names and addresses tome and I shall send them ourmagazine and an application.

"What a bargain comparedto other things we spend moneyon!"

- John H. HamelChairman, Membership

CommitteeBoxL

Jamesville, NY 13078

WoodlotDatebook

April 13: Spring meeting ofNYFOA. Marshall Hall, SUNYCollege of EnvironmentalScience and Forestry, Syracuse.Awards, elections, seminars forlandowners.

September 13·14: Fall meetingof NYFOA, to be held incooperation with CatskillForestry Association. At FrostValley YMCA.

Association Officers

Mary Soons McCarty, President4300 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618

Douglas B. Monteith, 1st Vice Presi-dent58 E. Elizabeth St., Skaneatles, NY13152

A.W. Roberts, Jr., 2nd Vice PresidentR.D. 3, Cortland, NY 13045

William H. Lynch, Jr., 3rd Vice Presi-dent502 Thurber St., Syracuse, NY 13210

Linda D. Thorington, SecretarySky High Rd., R.D. 2, Tully, NY13159

Stuart McCarty, Treasurer4300 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618

Howard O. Ward, Assistant Treasurer240 Owego St., Candor, NY 13743

George Mitchell, MembershipSecretaryBox 69, Old Forge, NY 13420

Kenneth Eber1ey, Director9 Edgewood Dr., Whitesboro, NY13492

Richard E. Garrett, Director1261 Apulia Rd., Lafayette, NY 13984

John Hamel, DirectorBox L, Jamesville, NY 13078

Allen F. Horn, Director3978 Pompey Center Rd., Manlius,NY 13104

John W. Kelley, Director1036 Snyder Hill Rd., Ithaca, NY14850

J. Claude Lecours DirectorBox 452, North St.', Old Forge, NY13420

Harold Petrie, DirectorR.D. I, Box 117, Parish, NY 13131

Earl Pf'arner, DirectorAllen Rd., Chaffee, NY 14030

Alec C. Proskine, Director9370 Congress Rd., Trumansburg, NY14886

Norman A. Richards, Director156Westminster Ave., Syracuse, NY13210

Materials submitted forpublication should be ad-dressed to: Awn R. Knight,Editor, N. Y. Forest Owner,257 Owego Street, Candor,N.Y. 13743.

Written materials, photos,and art work are invited.Although the return of un-solicited materials cannot beguaranteed, they are normallyreturned after use.

The first day of the monthprior to publication is thedeadline for submission.Published January, March,May, July, September, andNovember.

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A Message from thePresident

By the time you receive this issue of theForest Owner the holidays and celebrationwith family and friends will be behindyou. I have never felt the need to overin-dulge in gift giving. Rather, it has been atime to think about where I have been inthe past year and where I am going in thenext.The idea of gifts is well meant for this

special birthday, but I would rather give agift at an unusual time, not when it is ex-pected. An expression of caring is what itis all about, and whether one gives a gift,writes a letter or poem, does something inthe way of helping with a need, or whetherit be a time to listen, a trip to the store, orsome simple, caring chore, to me that iswhat the whole meaning of life is about.The spirit of the season should last thewhole year through.

There is a rhythm with the ForestOwner, too. It SHOULD have a wholeyear's lasting effect, but I find that weoften get "charged up" only after aWoodswalk, a Fall Outing, an AnnualMeeting, and believe it or not, after aBoard Meeting. So you members canunderstand better the concern and respon-sibility felt by the Board Members forNYFOA, this could be construed as ayear-end report.Our membership is increasing slowly,

not in the dramatic way we had hoped.However, many things are in place thatmay, and should, make a difference in themonths to come. A wider circulation ofthe Forest Owner is planned. Regional Af-filiates and active chapters are beingorganized. A new slate of Board memberswill be presented at the April meeting,representing a broader geographical andtalent base. The fall meeting will be in theCatskills which will appeal to many, I'msure.This has been a successful year with

four well-attended woodswalks, as well asan exciting and capacity crowd at the fall

Jan.lFeb. 1985

Cornell ScientistsSeek Tree CropProject

Some faculty members in the CornellUniversity Department of Floricultureand Ornamental Horticulture are hopingto launch a tree crops research project.They look at the cultivation of nut trees asa small contribution towards solving theproblems of world hunger and energy-hungry, soil-eroding conventional cerealand grain agriculture."Concentration of effort on these cereal

crops alone cannot provide a solutionbecause their cultivation contributes tothe process of erosion on both hills andflatlands, removing land from agriculturaluse," they write in their pamplet. "Thetree crop idea involves planting trees onrough or hilly land that cannot beeconomically worked by conventionalmechanical means; it envisions the use ofa wide variety of trees having a broadrange of uses; it relies more on humanlabor than mechanical means of cultiva-tion."Partial efforts have been made before,

they say. For example, the TennesseeValley Authority worked briefly on such a

project. The Northern Nut GrowersAssociation has made progress in selectinghigh quality examples of native nut crops.But these Cornell researchers say a suc-cessful project needs at least a 25 yearcommitment.Envisioned here is a program started

regionally, then expanded nationally andinternationally. It is hoped that successcan return "vast acreage of presentlymarginal lands to useful production, con-trol erosion, and yield harvests of food,such as nuts, berries, and sugar; forforage and feed, thereby freeing othercrops for human use; and for fuel.

The first five-year phase of the projectwould be devoted to preparing a test site,probably in the Finger Lakes area, plann-ing and starting breeding projects basedon superior tree stock, and evaluation.For further information, write to the

Director, Tree Crops Research Project,Landscape Architecture Program, EastRoberts Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca,New York 14853.

meeting at Sagamore Lodge in theAdirondacks. New decals_and signs havebeen ordered and are available as well asnew membership brochures. These aretools to use for membership increase, andto advertise our organization to those whoneed to know what we can offer in helpingwith woodlot management.

So, all you tree lovers, or ones who careabout the surroundings in which you live,here's to a good 1985. I hope that I have achance to meet all of you some day tocompare our experiences, learn from eachother, and get to know each other better.

Mary Soons McCarty

New in the Woodlot

WOOD STOVECOMBUSTER

Corning Glass Works has invented agadget reduces creosote and increases theoverall efficiency of a woodstove. Theycall it the Corning Wood Stove Com-buster. The company says it catalyticallylowers the temperature at which smokeburns, or in other words, it chemically ac-celerates the combustion process, burningoff the creosote. For a list of wood stovemanufacturers using the combuster, writeto Wood Stove Combuster, BB-23, Corn-ing Glass Works, Corning, New York14831.

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TRACTOR-MOUNTEDWINCH

If you have a tractor in the 40 to 70horsepower range, this new Farmi JL4lOwinch may suit you. Imported by Nor-theast Implement, Spencer, New York,the Farmi is powered from the tractorPTO and is protected from overloadingby a slip clutch. While winching, thewinch and tractor are anchored by outrig-ger legs built into the winch. The 9000pounds of line-pull is enough for manyfarm uses, such as snaking out firewoodand timber, pulling stumps, or pullingstuck machinery. Northeast Implementalso provides a handbook on layout oflogging trails that make best use of theFarmi while drastically limiting machinescarring of the woodlot. Northeast Imple-ment can be reached at Box 402, Spencer,New York 14850. Telephone607-589-6160.

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E-Z RAMPThe Agromatic Division of A.F. Klinz-

ing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 29, Fond du Lac,Wisconsin 54935, is offering a ready-to-use ramp that woodlot owners might findhandy for loading mowers or all-terrainvehicles. It is said to fit all standardChevrolet, Ford, GMC, and Dodge pick-up trucks. It can hold up to 1500 pounds.

J an.lFeb. 1985

The nation's leadingwalnut buyer says farmersthroughout the easternhalf of the U.S. couldharvest four differentcrops from black-walnutorchards.

Grain sorghum is only one of theseveral crops that can be grown suc-cessfully in a young walnut orchard.

DOUBLE,. DECK DOUBLE,. CROPPINGIt sounds nutty to suggest that a farmer

could get four crops from his land in oneyear, but Jim Jones of Stockton, Mo., in-sists that it can be done, even where snowfalls.Jones isn't a "nut," but he works with

them daily.That's because he's the foresterfor Hammons Products, a MissouriOzarks company that buys and processesabout 75 percent of the black walnuts soldin this country each year."You could get four crops in one year if

you planted walnut trees along with cool-season grasses such as orchardgrass orfescue," Jones says. "You could take aseed crop, come back and get a hay crop,then harvest a crop of nuts, and sell thewood for veneer."

Hammons officials would like to seemore farmers get into the walnut businessbecause there is a shortage of both nutsand wood. Vice president Gus Rutledgesays his firm typically buys 26 million to27 million pounds of walnuts a year.However, demand is increasing steadilyand the firm could use closer to 40 millionpounds.

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Jones says there aren't many privatelyowned walnut plantations in productionright now. "But," he predicts, "we thinkthere are going to be more and more ofthem. There's a good market for veneerwood and nuts."To show others the way, Hammons has

established 780 acres of orchards. Thetrees are planted at lO-foot intervals inrows 40 feet apart. Jones says they'vesucessfully raised winter wheat, grasses,soybeans and sorghum between the rows."We think someday eastern black-walnuttrees will be grown they way we're doing ithere, much like peachs, English walnutsand pecans already are," he notes.Jones says walnuts should be planted

on deep, well-drained soil. River-bottomis best, but some upland soils are wellsuited to walnut production. Seedlings areavailable from many state forestry depart-ments for pennies apiece.

Jones says the rewards from growingwalnuts can be significant. In an averageyear, a 35-year-old tree will produce 100pounds of hulled nuts, along with 60 to 65

by Ted Blankenshipin The Furrow

pounds of shells. (The shells are groundand used for abrasives.) Under goodmanagement, the trees can be cut ofveneer logs in about 40 years. Jones saysthat's a very rapid turnaround on invest-ment for hardwood. At today's prices, anacre of walnut is worth $6,000 to $8,000.And, while the trees are maturing, there isalso income from the grain and grass bet- 'ween rows.Jones says he believes double-crop

walnut groves could economically replacetraditional cropping practices in a numberof areas throughout the eastern half of theU. S. "Of course, it takes a person withdesire to do that," he adds. "You have toenjoy working with trees."

"You also need enough equipment andknowledge to raise conventional cropswhile the trees are maturing. For the treesthemselves, about the only machinery youneed to get started is a small tractor and asprayer for weed control."

Hammons, Jones adds, is ready andwilling to advise anyone who might be in-terested.

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New I.R.S.Rules forForestOwners

Several provisions of the 1984 TaxReform Act affect timber owners. Accor-ding to University of Delaware extensionfarm management specialist Don Tilmon,the most significant change is probablythe one which reduces the holding periodfor long-term capital gains from one yearto six months, with the exception oftimber disposals under Section 631(a) ofthe Internal Revenue Code.The new holdings period applies to

assets acquired after June 22, 1984, andbefore January 1, 1988. It applies to allcapital assests, including timber held forinvestment and timber sold (under Section631) with an economic interest retained. Aspecial holding period applies to timberwhose owners elect to treat cutting as asale - that is, timber sold under Section631(a).The Tax Reform Act of 1984 provides

that for 631(a) transactions timber or acontract-right-to-cut must be held "on thefirst day of such year and for a period ofmore than six months before suchcutting." (The Code used to read, "for aperiod of more than one year.") Accor-ding to Tilmon, the effect of the new wor-ding is that the holding period could be asshort as six months if 631(a) timber wereheld on the first day of the tax year, or aslong as one year, if the timber were ac-quired on the second day of the tax year.Since small timber owners may sell

timber only occasionally, in the past theymay have been able to take advangtage ofincome averaging provisions to reduce thetax on a large timber income in one year.The rules for income averaging have beentightened. For computation years beginn-ing after 1983, Tilmon says it is nownecessary for income in the tax year to be140 percent of the average income in theprevious three tax years in order to use in-come averaging.

Jan.lFeb. 1985

Before the 1984 Tax Reform Act, in-come in the tax year had to be only 120percent greater than that in the previousfour years. The change applies to tax yearsbeginning after December 31, 1983."Timber owners who cannot qualify forincome averaging might consider sellingtheir timber in two or more tax years," thefarm management specialist says.Another change in the 1984 act affects

taxpayers who were planning to take anoption of treating an investment in quali-fying property as an expense under CodeSection 179, rather than as a capital in-vestment. The upper limit on the amountthat could be treated as an expense was$5,000, but the limit was due to be in-creased to $7,500 for 1984. Instead, theTax Reform Act lengthened the periodsfor the upper $5,000 limit through taxyears beginning in 1987. The upper limit isnow scheduled to be $7,500 for tax yearsbeginning in 1988 and 1989, and $10,000for tax years beginning in 1990 orthereafter.

Other changes in the act affect estateand gift taxes. Before its adoption, themaximum estate and gift tax rate wasscheduled to drop 50 percent for estates ofthose who died after 1984 or for giftsmade after that date. The act freezes the1984 rate of 55 percent through 1987.

JOHN THORINGTONINDEPENDENT

FORESTER

R.D. #2-Skyhigh Rd.Tully, N.Y. 13159

(315) 696-8002

Member of:Society of American ForestersNY Forest Owners Association

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Most Wood or CoalStoves in Use are Unsafe

Researchers at Cor-ncll University say that the majority ofall wood- or coal-burning stove installa-tions in New York State are either un-safe or outright dangerous and that aseries of strong measures would helpcombat the situation.

This is one of the major conclusionsmade following a Cornell study to deter-mine why stove-caused fires have in-creased dramatically in recent years andhow to deal with the problem.

James P. Lassoie, who headed thestudy, points out;

"Not one of the 510 installations weinspected was in complete compliancewith current safety code standards.Therefore, it does not appear to be aquestion of whether a stove is safe ornot, but rather a concern for just howhazardous it is."

Gary Goff, a Cooperative Extentionassociate in Cornell's department ofnatural resources who participated inthe project, notes that those units install-ed and inspected professionally aregenerally no safer than those installedby homeowners themselves.

"An overwhelming majority of woodstoves now ill operation are installed in-correctly, essentially constituting timebombs waiting to go off," Goff warns in

an interview.He reports that more than 700,000 of

the state's households (18 percent ofthe total, excluding metropolitan NewYork City) have wood- or coal-burningstoves. Of this number, some 39,000 (5percent) are considered relatively"safe." The other installed stoves arerated "unsafe" (25 percent), "hazard-ous" (58 percent), and "extremely haz-ardous" (12 percent), on the basis of aset of safety standards used in the study.

Cornell researchers estimate that5,000 to 7 ,000 home fires each yearcan be attributed to solid fuel-burningstoves, primarily wood. In addition,chimney fires caused by the combustionof highly inflammable creosote are esti-

Big Logging Show Helped Land Owners

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Loggers who attended the autumnequipment demonstration sponsored bythe New York State Timber Producers'Association gained ideas that, in the end,will benefit forest land owners with in-creased efficiency and productivity.

More than 1,300 logging and timberprofessionals from all over northeasternNorth America gathered at the CornellUniversity Arnot forest for two days of"live feed," or Forestry EquipmentDemonstration. Featured were a widerange of equipment innovations, bothdomestic and foreign, actually operatingin a simulated commercial cutting.

Featured, for example, was a BitterrootCable Yarder. This sort of cable car devicecarries three or four saw logs aloft andruns them to a hill top or down to theflats, thereby opening up steep, formerlyinaccessible hillsides to harvesting.

Other displays included a log chipperthat can handle logs about eight inchesthick and that is powered by a farm trac-tor p.t.o. Another display demonstratedthe minimal damage done by loggers whouse horses, while another showed offSwedish machines that harvest, de-limb,and bundle spruce and pines before theyeven reach the ground.

David W. Taber, a Cooperative Exten-sion specialist who works with the woodharvesting industry, says many loggersplaced orders for new equipment right onthe spot.

Says Taber: "Many of these visitors toLive Feed are sure to reflect on their first-hand experiences watching loggingmachinery they had never seen before.Their decisions will be based at least par-tially on the knowledge they gained atLive Feed. Knowledge is power."

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mated at 25,000 to 35,000 per year.According to another study by the

state, roughly half of all home fires inNew York during the 1981-1982 heat-ing season were attributed to faulty in-stallation and operation of wood stoves,Goff says.

Cornell researchers conducted theirstudy during the 1981-1982 heatingseason under a grant from the NewYork State Energy Research and Devel-opment Authority. One of the mostcomprehensive projects of its kind everundertaken in the nation, the study in-volved home inspections and interviewswith 510 homeowners who use woodor coal to heat their homes, a telephonesurvey of another 206 homeowners,

and a survey of fire chiefs across thestate.

Highlights of the Cornell findings in-clude the following:

- about two-thirds of all stoves areinstalled by homeowners themselvesand relatively few (28 percent) are in-spected.

- those stoves installed by profes-sionals, such as contractors, masons,and stove dealers, are, on the average,no safer than those installed by home-owners themselves.

- competent installation and inspec-tion services are available, but are usedinfrequently.

- stoves inspected professionally, byfire department personnel, stove deal-

Ramblings from "Beau Vert"

Why Did All Those Cones DevelopThis Year?

by Jack Hamel

This year my conifers grew as usual. Isaw no difference in my firs, larch,Austrian pine and that terrible Scotchpine. It was the white spruce that was dif-ferent. Living as I do in a log home in themidst of a twenty-nine year-old coniferplantation, I couldn't help but notice thedifference. While they seemed to growvery little, their energy apparently went in-to reproduction.The upper third of the trees turned

mahogany red from the cones. The yellowpollen was so thick it blew in small tor-nadoes and could be swept off the walls!Most of the color faded gradually, but thecones remained so profuse that one had towonder about terming the conifer anevergreen.

When the mature cones began to openearly this fall, millions of seeds came flit-tering down with their maple-like pro-peliers and sailed away in the wind. Thebirds enjoyed some of the feast and otherbirds cleaned the trees of insects. Theseeds did not have to go dormant with afreeze as one would think. The deckaround our house has potted plants thatoffer fertile soil for the tiny seedlings.If they survive on the ground, how-

come they are not reproducing? I askedProfessor Charles N. Lee of the SUNYCollege of Environmental Science andForestry what trees might reproduce onmy plantation. He told me, very logically,"Whatever is native to our area." Thebalsam fir reproduction is fine, but nowhite spruce! Why did the white spruceperform this way?

Jan'/Feb.1985

If a plant is threatened, it tends toreproduce prolifically. The apple treefruits after you interfere with its circula-tion by cutting open some cambium. But Idon't know of any threat to the whitespruce. It does seem to have been a goodfruiting year.Well, at this time of year, I hope I keep

in mind that there is something to doevery month of the year in the woods. Wehave harvested our firewood. We heattotally with it. Now we are harvesting theChristmas trees. It won't be long beforewe will be shaping our Christmas trees. Imust not forget to cull some more inferiortrees along my woods walk. I do this byopening the cambium and squirting in amixture of old auto oil and herbicide.

My wife says to tell you that Beau Vertmeans a beautiful green ... and it is uphere.

ers, insurance agents, or building codeinspectors, are generally no safer thanthose that have not been inspected.

- most safety problems are associ-ated with the clearance between thestove and walls, stovepipe clearance,and wall or ceiling pass-through clear-ance.

- attitudes of homeowners, in termsof complacency, apathy, and expenseinvolving installations and inspections,are the most powerful deterrents to thecorrection of unsafe heating systems.

On the basis of the results of thestudy, Cornell researchers suggest thata number of strong measures might re-duce the incidence of stove-causedhome fires.

Highlights of their recommendationsinclude:

- creation of a statewide mandatoryfire reporting system that gathers com-plete information concerning the cause'and frequency of stove-caused homefires.

- enforcement of a mandatory set ofcodes concerning the installation ofstoves.

- mandatory or optional licensing orcertification of professional installersand inspectors.

- cost assistance for stove installa-tions and inspections in the form of costsharing, tax incentives, reduced insur-ance premiums, or state or federal sub-sidies.

- an aggressive and innovative pub-lic information and educational pro-gram, along with regular and specialtraining programs aimed at profes-sionals, including fire department per-sonnel, insurance agents, retailers, andinstallers.

"The reduction of fire hazards couldhave a dramatic impact on New YorkState's economy," Lassoie notes. "Inaddition to the obvious health andfinancial benefits derived from reducingthe frequency of stove-caused fires, ourrecommendations could enhance theresidential use of solid fuel, primarilywood."

"Encouraging the wide use of domes-tic fuels, such as wood, could keep andcycle millions of dollars in the state andpossibly generate thousands of newjobs," he points out.

Residents of New York State used3.3 million cords of wood to heat theirhomes in the 1980-1981 heating sea-son, resulting in an estimated savings ofmore than $600 million in fuel oil costs,Lassoie says.

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lbmorrow's ForestsBegin Here.

This is the sign of the future forAmerican Forestry. It indicates one ofthe more than 50,000 Tree Farms be-ing managed by private landownersfor the growing and harvesting offorest crops.

A Tree Farm is not just a matter ofplanting trees, or having 10 acres ormore of woodland. Tree Farmers ac-tively manage their forests grow-ing and harvesting crops of trees; pro-tecting the land from fire, insects,disease and destructive grazing. Theyprovide watershed protection, betterfood and habitat for wildlife, and op-portunities for outdoor recreation.

And it is the Tree Farmer who willmake possible the lumber, woodfiber, and other natural resourcesAmerica needs for tomorrow'sgrowth.

If you have 10 acres or more ofwoodland, why not send for informa-tion on this valuable program? TreeFarms payoff for their owners and forour country.r-----------------,

Alan Scouten, Chm.e/o Georiga-Pacific Corp.Center Street, Box 338Lyons Falls, NY 13368I am interested in additional information onhow I can manage my woodlands to meet TreeFarm Standards.

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Got a question?

Surveyor NeededI bought a woodlot and

almost right away a neighborhad his woods logged, maybepart of mine, too. Is itreasonable to expect a con-sulting forester to settle aboundary question?

-N.K.O.Candor, N.Y.

No. As a matter of fact, Iam both a consulting foresterand a licensed, insuredsurveyor, as are the men atmy other two offices in NewYork. That is unusual. Mostconsulting foresters are notqualified to set propertyboundaries. They cannot beexpected to carry malpracticeinsurance as a surveyor, andit is very expensive, too.

The moral of the story isask. Ask your prospectiveconsulting forestor if he is alicensed surveyor.

David T. Mance, Jr., P. C.Consulting Forester

R.D. 1, Holliday DriveShaftsbury, Vermont 05262

802-447-1300607-326-4716914-439-3545

ASK AFORESTER

Computer Paper?I have heard that hemlock is

in great demand for the mak-ing of computer paper. Is thistrue? How significant is this?

-J.W.K.Ithaca, N. Y.

Yes, hemlock is being pur-chased at almost outrageousprices in a 150-200mile radiusof the Finch Pruyn mill inGlens Falls. They are bringingit in by truck and rail. Latelythey have cut the percentageof hemlock in the paper downto 75%, using other hard-woods for the balance.

The advent of usinghemlock has pushed the priceof hemlock pulpwood up to$50 a cord and it is holdingsteady.

- Brian DowningConsultIng Forester

R.D. 2, Blood St.Granville, NY 12832

518-632-5438

Big Seed CropWhy is there such a

tremendous crop of cones onmy spruce this year?Everywhere I go I see spruceloaded as never before.

J.H.H.Jamesville, N.Y.

This past season has been agreat one for tree fruits ingeneral, even acorns. Flowerbuds on the spruce and firwere actually set in 1983, sothis year's crop is a productof last year's fine growingconditions, especially awarm, late fall. This year'sbumper crop just about in-sures a poor seed crop nextyear, except in the case ofpines. Pines take two years toproduce a good bud set, sothe combination of an ex-cel/ent couple of years maygive us lots of pine seed in1985.

Norm RichardsSUNY College of Forestry

Syracuse

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New Publications

of hand tools "similar to those found inthe shop of Joseph of Nazareth," and ofthe pleasure of "sounds and sights ofthin wood shavings curling from asharpened plane, the gentle hissing ofthe cutting blade, the solid note of awell-placed ax and the beauty of cleanchips flying to the ground, the elementalnatural rhythm of the saw .... " Withauthority based on his own long expe-rience, he traces the evolution andcharacteristics of various tools, recordsthe old traditions, and explains the tech-niques for using antique hand tools.There is a nice "feel" to this well-madebook, which is illustrated by the author'sline drawings. Clearly, it was inspired byhis determination not to allow the stan-dards of the past to be entirely forgottenin the age of mass prod uction.

In Old Ways of Working Wood(Revised Edition, Barre Publishers/Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y. 255 pp.$12.50), Alex W. Bealer notes, "In thetwentieth century, power tools havetaken the place of hand tools, andscience to some extent has replacedtalent, but the affinity between man andwood has remained." He writes lovingly

Classified advertisements:Submit all classified ads toEditor, New York ForestOwner, 257 Owego Street,Candor, New York 13743.Ten cents per word. Computeyour own total and includewith your ad a check in theproper amount payable to theNew York Forest OwnersAssociation.

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Jan.lFeb. 1985

"Gypsy Moth" (IB 188, $2.00), anew publication from Cornell Coop-erative Extension, describes this pestand the types of damage it does, liststhe tree species it prefers to feed on,and covers the life cycle and control'strategies. Color photographs assist inidentifying the pest and assessingdamage.

The control strategies include an Inte-grated Pest Management approach - acombination of several controls, in-cluding biological, mechanical (such asbanding an infected tree), cultural, andchemical. An insert, "Insecticides forGypsy Moth Control," provides currentinformation on the chemical and biolog-ical materials recommended for controlof this pest and the safe use of thosematerials.

Contact Alan Knight, Editor,257 Owego St., Candor, NewYork 13743. Telephone607-659-5275 evenings.

Wanted: Wood chips and/orsawdust from whole .treechipping and from millresidues delivered to westernand central New York loca-tions. Contact W.E. Glover,1421 Oneida St., Utica, NewYork 13501. Telephone315-735-8828.

Wanted: 24" DBH and largerBasswood and white oaklogs. Will consider standingtrees. Contact Jim Lugert,1147 Lawrence Road, Hilton,New York 14468. Telephone716-964-8106.

Wanted: Veneer quality whiteoak and white ash. ContactRandy Oste, Box 15, Bemus.Point, New York 14712.Telephone 716-386-6288evenings.

For sale: Black walnut tree85" in circumference, 7' tofirst limb. Contact Mrs. R.Schwink, 79 Roselawn Ave.,Fairport, New York 14450.

For sale: Black walnut tree,27" diameter, 21' to firstlimb; another 23" diameters,24' to first limb. ContactJohn Travis, 95 KingsboroA venue, Gloversville, NewYork 12078. Telephone518-725-3050.

For sale: Black walnut tree invillage of Lowville. Diameter30". Main trunk length10-12'. Contact Dave atGeneral Millwork, Utica,New York. Telephone315-348-8449 daytime, or315-376-6456 evenings.

For sale: 1,000 acres in St.Lawrence County, NewYork, unlogged for over 40.years. Price $200 per acre orwill sell mature timber

separately. Contact EdwardMitchell, Empire StateBuilding, Suite 5620, NewYork, New York 10018.Telephone 212-695-1640.

For sale: 90 acres Cherry,misc. hardwoods and soft-wood sawtimber, pulpwoodand firewood in town ofOhio, Herkimer County,New York. Also 100 acresOak timber in ChenangoCounty, New York, town ofBainbridge. Contact WilliamPokon, consultant forester,132 East Front Street, Han-cock, New York 13783.Telephone 607-637-5248.

For sale: 1,636 acrestimberland and recreationalland in 6 parcels from 20 to1127 acres. Hardwoods andsoftwoods. Other amenities.Contact Thomas Gorthey,240 Broadway, Fort Edward,New York 12828. Telephone518-747-9407.

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Drag In The ProfitsFarmi is the world leader in tractor mounted winches. You can choose from the

Farmi line of six different models, one of which is perfect for your tractor and yourneeds. With a complete winch line, Farmi has not been forced to compromisedurability or performance. The Farrni winches are rugged and designed to takecontinuous prodessional use for years. The one year warranty reflects the qualityof the product.

The new comer in the Farrni line is the model JL 410 winch. Many of the uniquefeatures found only in Farmi products are present in the JL 410. The totally encloseddesign is durable and safe. The high pulling point reduces risk for hungups andbutt digging. The angled outrigger legs add stability to winching. The clutch has aheat sink which prevents clutch burnout. Our professional users requested the chainsaw stand. tool boxes and a parking stand which are all built into the JL 410. Drumbrake and drum lock are standard as on all Farmi models. Butt plate is optional.A line of time saving logging accessories such as self releasing snatchblocks,

grapples and chains are available for all models.

Winch JL400 JL 306 JL410 JL 50 JL60Line pull 7,700Ibs. 6,600Ibs. 9,000Ibs. 1O,000Ibs. 15,000Ibs.Cable included 165 feet of 3/8" 165 feet of 3/8" 165 feet of 7/16" 165 feet of 9/16" 165 feet of 9/16"Drum capacity Max. 165 feet of 3/8" Max. 165 feet of 3/8" Max. 165 feet of 7/16" Max. 230 feet of 112" Max. 230 feet of 9/16"Mounting Cat. 1, 3-point hitch Cat. 1 or 2, 3-point hitch Cat. 1 or 2, 3-point hitch Cat. 2, 3-point hitch Cat. 2 or 3, 3-point hitchTractor size 20-40 HP 25-50 HP 40-70 HP 50-120 HP 80 HP and upShipping weight 4801bs. 4701bs. 5501bs. 9501bs. 1,150Ibs.

Send us your name and address. We will send you the FARMI TREE HARVESTING METHODbooklet and the name of your nearest Farmi dealer.

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